just so Noah doesn't feel left out

well on the basis of most incriminating evidence, this picture has to rank pretty high. yes? no? i mean come on, i had to hide these purses!

Holy Cow I am tired of our kids being sick! We haven't quite gone more than two days without one of our kids having a temp of at least 103. I should invest money in children's motrin. I say this as I give Reagan another dose. Last week it brought noah down from 104.5 to 99 within an hour.

Of course we get what we deserve, we always get strange looks when we take our kids out in public within the first week of their lives. With Taylor we went to Ted's the Sunday after she was born. An older couple saw her and asked how old she was, when we said a day and a half I could tell the didn't approve but really with 3 other kids are we really going to keep her from getting sick. Also throughout this entire sick season the only child that hasn't gotten sick is Taylor.

special quote from caryn

put this in context, caryn said this while looking at our nov 06 post, i think it might be our only post for 06.

"two kids was soooo easy, look at how happy they are. you know we'll never have another picture with all of them smiling"

P.S. This is what happens when you tell our kids to "really smile."

Blackmail in waiting

Just a couple of photos that should prove their worth when these girls are old enough to embarass and show any would be boyfriends. Reagan's hair is priceless, the funniest part is when she refuses to let us put her hood of her jacket on her head because she doesn't want to mess up her hair. And of course everyone knows "Meow." Here is a pic of Bailey laying down with Princess Meow. In clothes that Bailey made for meow herself. Here is a closer pic. Note that Bailey drew on the papers prior to turning them into clothing. Also note the red boots. Meow has never been happier.

Just to cover all of our bases here is an updated photo of Taylor. She's starting to become a chunk and doing great.

Christmas Shopping

So I went to the mall on Monday, looking around for some stuff for the people on our Christmas list. Anybody else use these? They are new to me and my family but Caryn's family has done it for awhile. Basically they just give everyone in their family one person to buy 1 gift for that person. This is used in her immediate extended family. (Does that even make sense?) Anyway for her cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents etc... Then her immediate family still buys gifts for each other. Anyhow, I was looking for a gift for my nephew at the mall. I always go into the sports stores to see what Red Sox stuff they have. I went straight to the baseball apparell and was shocked to see that the Yankee had their own rack full of shirts, jerseys, etc.. while the Red Sox were stuck sharing a rack with both the Cardinals and Rangers. It upset me so much that when the sales associate came around I asked him about it. I had assumed that like most baseball "fans" people were still just buying the Yankees stuff because they are still a popular team despite their recent postseason woes. However the sales associate's answer was much more satisfying. He said that the reason they had their own rack was because they couldn't sell any of it. Sales of Yankee gear was so bad that they even had it marked down lower than all of the other gear.

Anyhow, so I found this cool video of a magic trick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGCM6ogTZF8&eurl=http://www.magicgeek.com/animated-shoelaces-by-jeremy-moncrief-289.html

Check it out its pretty cool. I'm not sure how it works but since I ordered one I'll let you know.

Also check out this video. It is by far the best 300 spoof out there and well worth your time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wpa2Qplm8M

It's a girl!

Okay, so really its another girl. She came to us on Friday Nov. 16th, 2007 at 9:19pm. Weighing in at 8lbs 1 oz. and 20.5 inches long. She continues to get cuter and cuter everyday. Here is a short video of her practicing her hip hop dancing.
She's got all the moves, its really just a matter of time. Seriously its been great adding another piece to our family. Bailey, Noah, and Reagan have all been great to Taylor. They love their new baby sister.

Back from Boston!

Caryn and I just got back from Boston! Got to see the Red Sox and Daisuke throw a complete game. Fenway was amazing! I can't wait to go back. Maybe next time Caryn and I can actually sit together. We were pretty close though, she was only 3 rows back and a seat to the right. So thats really not that bad. The best part about going to a game at Fenway, is that everyone was watching the game. Sure sometimes people would be talking to each other about this or that, but it was never more important than the game. It would be like "so my mom's in the hospital again, hearth condit-- YEAH STRIKEOUT! WHOO! YOUR A BUM MAGLIO!, so she should be out in a couple of days" Anyhow, we went up to Maine for a little bit too. Drove down the coast and down to Cape Cod. It was a great trip. Now we are going to Padre next week, with the kids. We'll get some pictures up soon.

We are not very good at keeping our blog current.

But we have been busy, so maybe that is an excuse. Noah just turned 2. He has started potty training himself, which is good because boys don't usually start this early, and bad because he has a lot of accidents, or near misses, or really bad misses. Reagan will be 6 months old on Saturday. She is still very cute and quite possibly the best baby ever. Still very little, somewhere between 14 and 15 lbs but has plenty of fat just not much length. Bailey just keeps getting smarter. She has started writing letters and soon I'm sure she will be spelling her name.
Caryn Talked to a pre-school teacher the other day and was amazed at how little a preschooler had to know by the end of pre-school. The Teacher said that they had to recognize their own name (not write or even spell, recognize), they had to know their colors (primary, secondary, black, brown, and white) and be able to count to ten. Now I'm not sure that I want my kids to go to pre-school just to slow down how fast they are learning. I mean it sounds alright for Noah, but he's 2. Bailey has known all of those things since before she was 2.
Anyhow, Caryn has finished up her school work for the summer and so she gets a few weeks off from the grind before the fall session starts up. This is good for me too because my schedule has been pretty set having to work around her school schedule. We are taking advantage of the little break though. I am taking my first week of vacation since the birth of Reagan and Caryn and I are going to Kansas City to see the Red Sox beat the Royals. It will be a blast because I have never spent any time in Kansas City or Kauffman Stadium. I get to wear my new jersey and Caryn will get a new shirt. Well Since we are not very good at updating It might be awhile but I'll try to get some stuff on after vacation.